USAID Transparent, Effective and Accountable Municipalities activity in Kosovo is a five-year anti-corruption project, established in January 2017, that supports Kosovo municipalities in public procurement, internal audit, public financial management, and human resources to ensure that processes are efficient and standardized, limiting human discretion and increasing transparency in public procurement.
LOCAL LEVEL
FOCUS MUNICIPALITIES
Podujeva, Prishtina, Vushtrri, Lipjan,
Ferizaj , Istog, Peja, Decan, Prizren, Gjakove, Rahovec, Suhareka
91% focus municipalities published procurement related data during 2020
75% focus municipalities implemented procurement plan. Greatly improved the implementation over years.
49% focus municipalities addressed National Audit recommendations in procurement.
CENTRAL LEVEL
Functionalized E-Procurement in Kosovo
100%of tenders and the procurement cycle is managed through e-Procurement.
13 modules featured in the platform
Until December 2020
25,414 procurementactivities initiated by government agencies
€1.75B total value processed through e-Procurement
€3.2M saved annually by the private sector.
CIVIL SOCIETY
Open Procurement Transparency Portal
A civil society-led portal developed in 2018
- Automatically pulls data from the e-procurement
- Became the starting point for investigation and business intelligence
43,768 users as of Dec, 2020
CIVIL SOCIETY
Open Procurement Transparency Portal
A civil society-led portal developed in 2018
- Automatically pulls data from the e-procurement
- Became the starting point for investigation and business intelligence
43,768 users as of Dec, 2020
2,484 public contracts
published by 28 municipalities on their websites voluntarily, until Dec. 2020
In August 2018, Municipality of Gjakova was the first to open contracts.
21,150 public contracts available to citizens on the e-procurement platform from sept. to dec. 2020
12 e-Learning materials on e-Procurement. As of May 2019, as a part of the Kosovo journey to self-reliance, Government of Kosovo transformed the traditional classroom training system to e-Learning experience.
Improved Transparency Measures of the Procurement Review Body
100%on the e-Appeals module
2,256 electronically, as of Dec. 2020
100% of appeal hearings are live-streamed
Established online database with all complaints and hearings at one place
Anti-Fraud Unit submitted 141 cases with suspected fraud elements to the Prosecutor's Office for further investigation from 2018 to 2020.
31 Partner Civil Society Organizations tracked and exposed Corruption in 2020, through:
29 reports; 3 radios debates; 22 videos; 2 televised debates; 12 social audit teams; 38 info graphics; 3 guidelines for watching practitioners; 13 cases sent to the state prosecutor
